Springfield Botanical Gardens – March 2025
/There were signs of spring at the Springfield Botanical Gardens last week when I made a short visit.
The daffodils were beginning to wane.
The grape hyacinths filled some niches in beds otherwise still bracing for winter.
The maple trees had new samaras – still colorful. There must be several different kinds of maples based on the different structure and color of the samara clumps.
The most dramatic were probably the deciduous magnolias. I always like photographing them. The most of trees that I found were very young.
I found some tulips as I headed back to my car. It was a little disappointing to not see more of them. They did not appear to be as densely planted as in previous years – or maybe a lot of them just didn’t produce for some reason.
The redbuds were blooming….making a haze of color in the gardens! This is a great time of year to visit botanical gardens frequently to see the transition from winter to spring to summer.
